As representatives of the IGERT POC, Cohort 2 students Ashley Maloney, Andrea Fassbender, Seth Bushinsky, and Emily Newson put together a short video and a poster for the 2013 NSF IGERT poster and video contest on their work to understand how environmental science influences public policy. In the future, the IGERT students will serve as a resource for the Marin Resources Advisory Council and the Executive Work Group on Greenhouse Gas Emissions.